Absalom H53 said H559 moreover, Oh that I were made H7760 judge H8199 in the land, H776 that every H3605 man H376 which H834 has any suit H7379 or cause H4941 might come H935 to me, and I would do him justice! H6663

And king H4428 Rehoboam H7346 consulted H3289 with the old H2205 men, that stood H5975 before H854 H6440 Solomon H8010 his father H1 while he yet lived, H2416 and said, H559 How H349 do you advise H3289 that I may answer H7725 H1697 this H2088 people? H5971

But he forsook H5800 the counsel H6098 of the old H2205 men, which H834 they had given H3289 him, and consulted H3289 with the young H3206 men that were grown H1431 up with him, and which H834 stood H5975 before H6440 him:

And the young H3206 men that were grown H1431 up with him spoke H1696 to him, saying, H559 Thus H3541 shall you speak H559 to this H2088 people H5971 that spoke H1696 to you, saying, H559 Your father H1 made our yoke H5923 heavy, H3513 but make you it lighter H7043 to us; thus H3541 shall you say H1696 to them, My little H6996 finger shall be thicker H5666 than my father's H1 loins. H4975

Manasseh H4519 was twelve H8147 H6240 years H8141 old H1121 when he began to reign, H4427 and reigned H4427 fifty H2572 and five H2568 years H8141 in Jerusalem. H3389 And his mother's H517 name H8034 was Hephzibah. H2657

For he built H1129 up again H7725 the high H1116 places which H834 Hezekiah H2396 his father H1 had destroyed; H6 and he reared H6965 up altars H4196 for Baal, H1168 and made H6213 a grove, H842 as did H6213 Ahab H256 king H4428 of Israel; H3478 and worshipped H7812 all H3605 the host H6635 of heaven, H8064 and served H5647 them.

And who H4310 knows H3045 whether he shall be a wise H2450 man or H176 a fool? H5530 yet shall he have rule H7980 over all H3605 my labor H5999 wherein I have labored, H5998 and wherein I have showed myself wise H2449 under H8478 the sun. H8121 This H2088 is also H1571 vanity. H1892

Shall you reign, H4427 because H3588 you close H8474 yourself in cedar? H730 did not your father H1 eat H398 and drink, H8354 and do H6213 judgment H4941 and justice, H6666 and then H227 it was well H2896 with him?

But your eyes H5869 and your heart H3820 are not but for your covetousness, H1215 and for to shed H8210 innocent H5355 blood, H1818 and for oppression, H6233 and for violence, H4835 to do H6213 it.

Moreover you shall provide H2372 out of all H3605 the people H5971 able H2428 men, H582 such as fear H3373 God, H430 men H582 of truth, H571 hating H8130 covetousness; H1215 and place H7760 such over H5921 them, to be rulers H8269 of thousands, H505 and rulers H8269 of hundreds, H3967 rulers H8269 of fifties, H2572 and rulers H8269 of tens: H6235

You shall not wrest H5186 judgment; H4941 you shall not respect H5234 persons, H6440 neither H3808 take H3947 a gift: H7810 for a gift H7810 does blind H5786 the eyes H5869 of the wise, H2450 and pervert H5557 the words H1697 of the righteous. H6662

He that puts H5414 not out his money H3701 to usury, H5392 nor H3808 takes H3947 reward H7810 against H5921 the innocent. H5355 He that does H6213 these H428 things shall never H3808 H5769 be moved. H4131

In whose H834 hands H3027 is mischief, H2154 and their right H3225 hand H3225 is full H4390 of bribes. H7810

He that walks H1980 righteously, H6666 and speaks H1696 uprightly; H4339 he that despises H3988 the gain H1214 of oppressions, H4642 that shakes H5287 his hands H3709 from holding H8551 of bribes, H7810 that stops H331 his ears H241 from hearing H8085 of blood, H1818 and shuts H6105 his eyes H5869 from seeing H7200 evil; H7451

Not given G3943 to wine, G3943 no G3361 striker, G4131 not greedy G866 of filthy lucre; G866 but patient, G1933 not a brawler, G269 not covetous; G866

For the love G5365 of money G5365 is the root G4491 of all G3956 evil: G2556 which G3739 while some G5100 coveted G3713 after, they have erred G635 from the faith, G4102 and pierced G4044 themselves G1438 through G4044 with many G4183 sorrows. G3601